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zmbhutta@numl.edu.pk

061-6510595

Ph.D. (Management Sciences)
2013
Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

April 2025 - Present : Associate Professor (BPS-20), NUML Multan Campus
Oct. 2014 - April 2025 : Assistant Professor (BPS-19), NUML Multan Campus
Sep. 2013 - Sep.2014 : Assistant Professor (under Interim Placement Program for fresh PhDs) in IMS, B.Z.U, Multan.
Head of Management Sciences Department Oct. 2014 to Sep.2021
Head of Economics Department Oct. 2021 to feb.2022

1 Aregay, F.A., Zhao, M., Bhutta, Z.M., 2012. Irrigation Water Pricing Policy for Water Demand and Environmental Management: A Case Study in Weihe River Basin. Water Policy.

2. Bhutta, Z.M, Zhao, M. 2013. Teaching as a job, career and calling: Empirical evidence from agricultural university, China. New Educational Review.

3. Bhutta, Z.M., Zhao, M. 2018. Job Crafting Practices and Work Satisfaction:

Evidence from Higher Education Sector in Shaanxi, China. New Educational

Review.

4. Sabir,S., Bhutta, Z.M., Ali,H. 2018. Leader Motivating Language as predictor of Organizational Commitment among Generation Y Teachers: the Mediating Role of Organizational Climate. NUML International Journal of Business & Management

5. Bhutta, Z.M., Tara, N., Hussain,K. 2018. Impact of Internal Corporate Social Responsibility Practises on Customer Capital with Mediating Role of Human Capital in Education Sector of Pakistan. NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry

6. Bhutta, Z.M., Nintara., Bucha, S.O., 2019. Impact of Psychological Need

Satisfaction on Job Crafting with Mediating Role of Calling Orientation: Empirical Evidence from Primary Schools of Pakistan. Journal of Research in Social Sciences (JRSS)

7. Saleem,S., Bhutta, Z.M., Noman, Zahra,S. 2019. Enhancing performance and commitment through leadership and empowerment: An emerging economy perspective. International Journal of Bank Marketing.

8. Bhutta, Z.M., Sabir, S., 2019. A study on the Islamic Perspective of Recruitment and Selection process. Al-Basirah

9. Ali,H., Farooq,F., Sardar,K., Bhutta, Z.M, Sabir, S., 2019. How does foreign direct Investment Affect Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Time Series Data Analysis. Review of Economics and Development Studies

10. Bhutta, Z.M., Zafar,S., Naintara., 2019. Impact of HRM Practices on Employee Engagement: Evidence from Banking Sector of Pakistan. NUML International journal of business and management

11. Bhutta, Z.M., Naintara., Rasheed, R., Khan., A.B.,2019. Psychological Factors Affecting Tax Compliance Behavior of Pakistani Tax Payer: An Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Perspective. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences

12. Bhutta, Z.M., Ali,H., Bhutto,S., 2020. Job Design in Context of Career.

Empirical Evidence from Higher Educational Institutes. New Educational Review

13. Bhutta, Z.M., Sabir, S., Ali.H.,2020. A Qualitative Analysis of Islamic

Management Model. Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research

14. Ijmair,M., Hussain,K., Bhutta,Z.M., 2020. Determinants of Sectoral Growth in Pakistan: A Kalman Filter Based Time Varying Parametric Approach. FWU Journal of Social Sciences

15. Bhuta,Z.M., Hussain,K.,Afzal,G., Hashmi,M.S., 2021 The Determinants of in-role Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Hospitality Industry in Pakistan. Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism

16. Farooq,M.,Noor,M., Qureshi,F.S., Bhuta,Z.M., 2022 Indirect Financial Distress Costs in

non-financial firms: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Pacific Accounting Review

17. Zhu.R., Bhutta, Z.M., Zhu,Y.,Ubaidullah,F.,Saleem,M.,Khalid,S., 2022. Grey

Relational Analysis of country-level Entrepreneurial Environment: A Study of Selected

Forty-Eight Countries. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences

18. Bhutta,Z,M., Ahmed,S.,Liaquat,M., 2023. Impact of 5E Instructional Model on

Student’s Moral Knowledge. Voyage Journal of Educational Studies

19. Xie,J.,Bhutta,Z,M.,Li,D.,Andleeb,N.,2023. Green HRM Practices for Encouraging Pro-

environmental Behavior among Employees: The Mediating Influence of Job

Satisfaction. Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Arshad,M,W., Bhutta,Z,M., Khan,S,A.,Khan,Y., 2025. Employee Motivation through

an Islamic Lens: Integrating Spiritual and Material Tools for Workplace Success.

Journal of Social Signs Review.

Bibi,G., Hashmi,H.Z., Bhutta,Z,M., Abbass,K.,Song,H.,2025. Promoting

Sustainable Practices in Hospitality via Green HRM and Increased

Sustainability Awareness, Sustainable Development.

Bhutta,Z,M., Rajper,Z,A., Ali Akbar Wassan,A,A.,Bhutto,S., The Mediating

Role of Self-Efficacy on the Relationship Between Organizational Support

and Job Performance Among Early-Career Employees in the Private

Education Sector. The Knowledge

Bhutta,Z,M., Ahmad,S.,Shah,M,N,A.,From Calling to Commitment:

Exploring the Link Between Leader-Career Calling and Employee Job

Satisfaction. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Ajmair, M., Hussain,K., Abbasi,F.M., Bhutta,Z.M. 2017. Determinants of

Economic Growth In Pakistan: A Structural Vector Auto Regression (SVAR)

Analysis. European Journal of Business and Economics.

Wasaya,A., Hussain,W., Bhutta, Z.M, 2018. Determinants and organization

citizenship behavioral outcomes of employee motivation: An Empirical Study.

International Journal of Human Studies.

26. Ali, H., Bhutta, Z.M., 2018. Financial Development and Economic Growth Nexus in Pakistan: An Analysis of Bound Testing Approach. Sukkar IBA Journal of Economics and Finance

Education

Ph.D. (Management Sciences)
2013
Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

Experience

April 2025 - Present : Associate Professor (BPS-20), NUML Multan Campus
Oct. 2014 - April 2025 : Assistant Professor (BPS-19), NUML Multan Campus
Sep. 2013 - Sep.2014 : Assistant Professor (under Interim Placement Program for fresh PhDs) in IMS, B.Z.U, Multan.
Head of Management Sciences Department Oct. 2014 to Sep.2021
Head of Economics Department Oct. 2021 to feb.2022

Publications